The two most-played games on Xbox Live are Call of Duty games, with Halo Reach in the third spot, according to the first Xbox Live popularity ranking released after several data-free weeks from Microsoft.

Call of Duty Black Ops tops the list of unique users playing games on Xbox Live for the week of November 8, with last year's Modern Warfare 2 (Call of Duty VI, to some) in the second spot. Halo Reach is third. Black Ops came out on November 9, meaning it beat Modern Warfare 2 in its first week, while Halo Reach did not in its.